Ezinma

Meredith Ezinma Ramsay (born January 11, 1991), Her father is a professor of actuarial science, while her mother is a creative non-fiction author and works as an English professor. Ezinma started playing the violin at age three, and continued to play throughout school. and did not meet another black string musician until she was 13. As a child, she listened to a wide range of music, including her funk, reggae, jazz, and Caribbean soca due to her father,

Ezinma attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where she originally studied pre-med, before switching degrees to music. At university, Ezinma formed a string and piano trio, and was mentored by members of the Chiara String Quartet.

In 2012, Ezinma moved from Nebraska to New York to study at Mannes School of Music, the classical division of the New School, and the instrumental "Give It Up" in 2017.

In April 2017, Ezinma uploaded a cover of Future "Mask Off" as a part of a viral challenge featuring instrumental covers of the song. Ezinma's version gained her millions of views across Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, and led to a sudden increase in her popularity. Gap Inc. and Gucci.

Debut

In early 2019, Ramsay signed to Universal Music Classics. She plans to release a classical-fusion album with hip-hop/trap influences in 2020, entitled Key of Black Minor, to be released alongside a documentary of her life. and the Oluniké Adeliyi-starring short film Promise Me (2020). In August, Ezinma released her debut single "Beethoven Pleads the Fifth".

Ezinma partnered with Wide Open School, Re-Create (a program to provide educational content for public elementary schools in New York) and After-School All-Stars to create violin-related educational content for schools and after-school programs in the United States. Label: Universal Music Classics

Singles + List of singles, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Beethoven Pleads the Fifth" 2020 Classical Bae "Vivaldi Springs Forth" "Drummer Bae" "Ode to Hustle" 2021 Classical Bae

Guest appearances Title Year Other artists Album "String Quartet No. 1" 2015 Ayumi Okada, Karen Dekker, Rose Hashimoto, James WaldoHere, Where the Land Ends and the Sea Begins "Piano Trio No. 1" 2018 Kendrick LamarBlack Panther: The Album "All the Stars" Ruel "Poison Intro" Swizz Beatz, Áine Zion Poison "Lift Every Voice and Sing" 2019 BeyoncéHomecoming: The Live Album "Déjà Vu" Beyoncé, Jay-Z "Don't Hurt Yourself" Beyoncé "Heaven's Gate" Jae the Dreamer Equal & Opposite "When We're Awake" Sam O.B., Denitia